I believe that I better appreciate now the extent and purpose of the 299 class.  We’ve been going through the necessities of the course, and how it will improve our …

Just as Formalism was a reaction to the socio-historic approach to literature, pop culture of today can be seen as a rebellion against the long instituted use of the cannon, …

This week has brought to my field of knowledge an understanding of something that I have heard of before, but never really pondered.  Partially it is due to the fact …

This week I was met with a few confusing things. My biggest issue with the week’s discussion was the assumption that close reading and the New Critic’s way of reading …

I certainly have encountered new criticism prior in my studies, but I certainly had no idea that it was called new criticism, nor what this term technically meant. It was …